[Azyiu]

Yeah, dude, I was about to say the same thing. In hindsight, maybe the Blazers should have drafted Kevin Durant instead, huh? But like you say often, injury is part of the game... hopefully Oden would come back strong and be injury free later. Look at Amare, he is recovering pretty nicely, I think.

Well, in a strange kind of way, I guess Celtics fans should feel pretty happy they didn't win the #1 overall pick after all. Imagine the what if here. What IF the Celts got the #1 pick and they drafted Oden... man, I can just hear people would say the Celts are cursed!

[drelo]

I feel sorry for Oden. I was looking forward to watching him and Durant compete in their rookie seasons. Hopefully he will fully recover and be ready to go next season.

[GH0STrider]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Yeah, dude, I was about to say the same thing. In hindsight, maybe the Blazers should have drafted Kevin Durant instead, huh? But like you say often, injury is part of the game... hopefully Oden would come back strong and be injury free later. Look at Amare, he is recovering pretty nicely, I think.

Well, in a strange kind of way, I guess Celtics fans should feel pretty happy they didn't win the #1 overall pick after all. Imagine the what if here. What IF the Celts got the #1 pick and they drafted Oden... man, I can just hear people would say the Celts are cursed!

No, I disagree. The blazers couldn't have seen this coming. Oden is by far the better choice. He should be a dominating center. Those don't come around often. Guys like durrant- Long scoring wing players are a dime a dozen. He is ideal of what the nba is these days. I think he will be an allstar and a great scorer but oden offers so much more. Lets hope he doesn't turn into a marcus camby though. Ya know? hurt every two seconds. And yeah if the celts did get the number1 pick they would be screwed right now. They probably wouldn't have gotten kg either.

[ibzrg1570]

Dang, I was hoping to see Oden in action. Best of luck to him and his knee.

[GH0STrider]

I think he would have sat on the bench mostly in foul trouble his first season anyhow. I don't think we will really be able to see how "dominate" this guy is supposed to be for another 2-3 years. Which sucks of course. I think durrant will run away with the roty award now. Only because he is in a rebuilding project and he's pretty much going to be allowed to run around and shoot at will.

[Azyiu]

No way, man, I think Yi is so going to own him!

[ibzrg1570]

I am actually pretty curious about whether or not Yi is the real deal or not. I'm looking forward to watching a Bucks-Rockets game.

Slightly OT: my college (Cal) has a 7'3" Chinese guy on the team, but I heard he's ineligible to play this year.

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by ibzrg1570

I am actually pretty curious about whether or not Yi is the real deal or not. I'm looking forward to watching a Bucks-Rockets game.

Slightly OT: my college (Cal) has a 7'3" Chinese guy on the team, but I heard he's ineligible to play this year.

On the offensive end, I have no doubt in Yi. I have seen him playing for the Chinese team in this International invitation tournament in Macau (sorry, I can't remember the name of this tourney) on tv last month. He ran, dunked and shot very well from mid-range. Based on that one game I watched, he either tried to do too much on the defensive end, or at times he was simply a bit too aggressive. He IS going to get into foul troubles easily if he keeps playing like that in the NBA.

About that Chinese dude at your college, get to know him, man. Is he from China or was he born in the States? I am very curious, cuz if he is the former, I don't think the Chinese authority would let him go to a college in the US that easily.

[GH0STrider]

Yi will not win roty. He looks good in the chinease leagues cause their defense is nothing compared to the nba. I bet he doesn't even average in double figures for the bucks this season. They weren't even going to play him a lot. IN order to get him to sign the bucks had to garuntee him at least 20 minutes of playing time a game.

[ibzrg1570]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

About that Chinese dude at your college, get to know him, man. Is he from China or was he born in the States? I am very curious, cuz if he is the former, I don't think the Chinese authority would let him go to a college in the US that easily.

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Yea, I was a little confused as to how he managed to get to the States, but I'm not complaining!